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Jeep Wrangler YJ
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New YJ owner - basic maintenance question
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 441688" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>Well, I don't want to change your plans for you or scare you away from lifting, I just think it's important to know the pros and cons and potential things to work through. I bought my YJ nearly 11 years ago and it came with 31's on aftermarket wheels, wider flares, and stock height. The 31's looked very stuffed in there which led me to lift mine. In hindsight, for my purposes, I should have found a set of stock wheels, gone to 215, 235 or 30s, and called it done with new fender flares. But I was in high school, and lifts are cool, so that's the route I went. I am picky about things and the handling from the lift always bothered me. The driveline vibes were bad too, though I fixed those with the usual slip yoke eliminator and double cardan shaft.</p><p></p><p>Not saying you shouldn't lift at all, just saying to think about the factors before diving into that choice. Maybe do a decent amount of research on lifting YJs, watch some YouTube vids and such to get an idea of potential things that may need to be tweaked after.</p><p></p><p>Another good thing to do is try to have a purpose for the things you want to change. Drive it a bit as is, maybe with new tires and see if there are improvements you want to make to accomplish something. For street and beach cruising, I would think a set of 30's and staying stock would work well.</p><p></p><p>Yes, those 30's you linked are the Toyos I have. They are very smooth and while they have a mild appearance, they still look nice. I have not driven on the 30's yet, but I have had 3 different sets on my truck.</p><p></p><p>I can’t really comment on the rub because my steering and front axle are all disassembled currently. So I can’t really test out the steering. I have my front end jacked up and supported by the frame, so the front axle is hanging down. I believe the other day I got a bit of rub out of the right side tire with it fully hanging down and turned all the way in. It wouldn’t be common to have the tire fully drooped like that and worst case, one washer under the steering stop would fix it, so no big deal at all. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]122697[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 441688, member: 18789"] Well, I don't want to change your plans for you or scare you away from lifting, I just think it's important to know the pros and cons and potential things to work through. I bought my YJ nearly 11 years ago and it came with 31's on aftermarket wheels, wider flares, and stock height. The 31's looked very stuffed in there which led me to lift mine. In hindsight, for my purposes, I should have found a set of stock wheels, gone to 215, 235 or 30s, and called it done with new fender flares. But I was in high school, and lifts are cool, so that's the route I went. I am picky about things and the handling from the lift always bothered me. The driveline vibes were bad too, though I fixed those with the usual slip yoke eliminator and double cardan shaft. Not saying you shouldn't lift at all, just saying to think about the factors before diving into that choice. Maybe do a decent amount of research on lifting YJs, watch some YouTube vids and such to get an idea of potential things that may need to be tweaked after. Another good thing to do is try to have a purpose for the things you want to change. Drive it a bit as is, maybe with new tires and see if there are improvements you want to make to accomplish something. For street and beach cruising, I would think a set of 30's and staying stock would work well. Yes, those 30's you linked are the Toyos I have. They are very smooth and while they have a mild appearance, they still look nice. I have not driven on the 30's yet, but I have had 3 different sets on my truck. I can’t really comment on the rub because my steering and front axle are all disassembled currently. So I can’t really test out the steering. I have my front end jacked up and supported by the frame, so the front axle is hanging down. I believe the other day I got a bit of rub out of the right side tire with it fully hanging down and turned all the way in. It wouldn’t be common to have the tire fully drooped like that and worst case, one washer under the steering stop would fix it, so no big deal at all. [ATTACH type="full"]122697[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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